Subject: Mapped Critical Habitat for Vascular Species at Risk in Saanich

The following Saanich Parks and other lands have Critical Habitat for Species at Risk mapped

Saanich Parks

Christmas Hill Yellow Montane Violet, Tall Woollyheads Falaise Park Yellow Montane Violet Glencoe Cove/Kwatsech Bearded Owl‐clover, (on to private land too) Purple Sanicle, Macoun’s Meadow‐foam Mount Douglas/ P’KOLS Purple Sanicle Mount Tolmie Foothill Sedge Foothill Sedge has been changed to yellow‐listed by CDC Playfair Park Yellow Montane Violet Rithet’s Bog Purple Sanicle

Other jurisdictions

Bear Hill CRD Yellow Montane Violet Little Saanich Mountain NRC Yellow Montane Violet

Private Land Highland Pacific Golf Course Purple Sanicle, Deltoid Balsamroot Gordon Head Property Howell’s Triteleia Arbutus Cove Macoun’s Meadow‐foam Small population https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk- registry/virtual_sara/files/plans/RS_Maritme_Meadows_CH_amend_VProposed_e.pdf https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/plans/Rs-Woodlands-v02- 2016Nov04-Eng.pdf https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/plans/Rs-VernalPool-v02- 2016Nov04-Eng.pdf https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk- registry/virtual_sara/files/plans/rs_limnanthe_macoun_meadowfoam-v02-1113a_e.pdf https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/plans/rs_foothill_sedge-v02- 0613_e.pdf - may end up being removed - now yellow listed, but CH on Mt. Tolmie

Multiple Mapped locations in Saanich - these should all be included in Saanich mapping!! There may be other species groups that could be added to this list.

COSEWIC Species-level planning inIn Saanich Protected Private Category Latin Name English Name Global Rank Prov Rank Status BC Status SARA Schedule GOERT strategy? yes or no areas land Moss Bartramia stricta rigid apple moss G2G4 S1 E Red 1 Yes no no

Christmas Hill; King's Pond; yes - now Observato Moss Entosthodon fascicularis banded cord-moss G4G5 S2 SC Red 1 Yes blue-listed ry Hill no on trees my moss friend expert thinks it might be more common Syntrichia laevipila (Tortula than laevipila var. laevipila and T. believed to Moss laevipila var. meridionalis) twisted oak moss G3G5TNR S1 SC Red 1 Yes yes date two possible locations Mt. Ten Mile Tolmie; Point; Observato Telegraph Allium amplectens slimleaf onion G4 S3 Blue Yes yes ry Hill Cove unknown - Vascular Plant Allium geyeri var. tenerum Geyer’s onion G4G5T3T5 S2S3 Blue No yellow list unknown - Vascular Plant Clarkia amoena var. caurina farewell-to-spring G5T5? S3 Blue Yes yellow list unknown - Vascular Plant Clarkia amoena var. lindleyi farewell-to-spring G5T5 S3 Blue Yes yellow list

Vascular Plant Dryopteris arguta coastal wood fern G5 S2S3 SC Blue 1 Yes no no

Vascular Plant Githopsis specularioides common bluecup G5 S2S3 Blue Yes no no unknown - last seen in 1977? Mt. Yellow Douglas Vascular Plant Heterocodon rariflorum heterocodon G5 S3 Blue No listed Park no

no - yellow Vascular Plant Isoetes nuttallii Nuttall’s quillwort G4? S3 Blue Yes listed now no

Vascular Plant Linaria canadensis var. texana blue toadflax G5T4T5 S3 Blue No no no

Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus - now Acmispon unknown - Vascular Plant americanus var. americanus Spanish-clover G5T5 S2S3 Blue Yes yellow list yes - has been update - changed yes - to the Beaver Goward Vascular Plant Rupertia physodes California-tea G4 S3 Blue No yellow list Lake Road

Bear Hill; Observato ry Hill; Christmas Hill; Mt. Tolmie; Francis- one King Park: location Sericocarpus rigidus (Aster Bouldewo near Bear Vascular Plant curtus) white-top aster G3 S3 SC Blue 1 Yes yes od Park Hill unknown - Vascular Plant Toxicodendron diversilobum poison oak G5 S2S3 Blue Yes yellow list Mt. Douglas Park; Trifolium depauperatum var. Observato Vascular Plant depauperatum poverty clover G5T5? S3 Blue Yes yes ry Hill no

Vascular Plant Trifolium dichotomum Macrae’s clover G4? S2S3 Blue Yes no no

Mount Douglas; Francis- King Park; Bear Hill Vascular Plant Viola howellii Howell’s violet G4 S2S3 Blue No yes Park no unknown - Vascular Plant Alopecurus carolinianus Carolina meadow-foxtail G5 S2 Red Yes yellow list mostly extirpated except Highland Pacific Francis Golf Vascular Plant Balsamorhiza deltoidea deltoid balsamroot G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes yes King Park Course no - unknown Vascular Plant Bulbostylis capillaris densetuft hairsedge G5 S1 Red No status no

no - yellow Vascular Plant Callitriche marginata winged water-starwort G4 S1 Red Yes listed now no unknown - Vascular Plant Carex feta green-sheathed sedge G5 S2 Red No yellow list COSEWIC Species-level planning inIn Saanich Protected Private Category Latin Name English Name Global Rank Prov Rank Status BC Status SARA Schedule GOERT strategy? yes or no areas land

Yes - yellow listed now - Yes two should be known removed - location - still one in federally covenant; listed until one new proposed COSEWI Playfair for Vascular Plant Carex tumulicola foothill sedge G4 S2 E Red Yes C report Park covenant extirpated possibly no - one Mount unknown Douglas location Vascular Plant Castilleja levisecta golden paintbrush G1 S1 E Red 1 Yes no or nearby extirpated

Vascular Plant Castilleja victoriae Victoria owl-clover G1? S1 E Red Yes no no muehlenbergii - now no - Vascular Plant muehlenbergii Muhlenberg’s centaury G5? S1 E Red Yes no extirpated Clarkia purpurea ssp. Vascular Plant quadrivulnera small-flowered godetia G5T5 S1 Red Yes no no no - blue Vascular Plant Crassula connata var. connata erect pygmyweed G5TNR S2 Red Yes list? no Swan Lake Kings Pond Vascular Plant Epilobium densiflorum dense spike-primrose G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes yes extirpated no Thetis Vascular Plant Epilobium torreyi brook spike-primrose G5 SX XT Red Consider 1 Yes no Lake no unknown - Vascular Plant Idahoa scapigera scalepod G5 S2 Red Yes yellow list

Vascular Plant Juncus kelloggii Kellogg’s rush G3? S1 E Red 1 Yes no no unknown - Vascular Plant Juncus occidentalis Western rush G5 S1 Red No yellow list

Vascular Plant Lasthenia glaberrima smooth goldfields G5 S1 E Red Yes no no status Vascular Plant Lepidium oxycarpum sharp-pod peppergrass G4 SX Red No unknown

one location at Arbutus cove - Glencoe may be Vascular Plant Limnanthes macounii Macoun’s meadowfoam G3 S2 T Red 1 Yes yes Cove others? Mount Lomatium dissectum var. Douglas Vascular Plant dissectum fern-leaved desert-parsley G4T4 S1 Red Yes Yes Park no

Vascular Plant Lomatium grayi Gray’s desert-parsley G5 S1 T Red Yes no no

seaside birds-foot lotus Vascular Plant Lotus formosissimus (seaside bird’s-foot trefoil) G4 S1 E Red 1 Yes no no Lotus pinnatus - now Hosackia Vascular Plant pinnata bog bird’s-foot trefoil G4G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes no no Lupinus densiflorus var. densiflorus - now Lupinus Vascular Plant microcarpus var. microcarpus dense-flowered lupine G5T4 S1 E Red 1 Yes no no extirpated Observato Vascular Plant Lupinus lepidus prairie lupine G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes no ry Hill no

no - status Vascular Plant Lupinus oreganus var. kincaidii sulphur lupine G5T2 SX XT Red Yes unknown no unknown Madia minima - now yellow Vascular Plant Hemizonella minima small-headed tarweed G4 S1 Red No listed

Vascular Plant Marah oreganus manroot G5 S1 Red Yes no no Observato ry Hill; extirpated Mount Vascular Plant Meconella oregana white meconella G2G3 S1 E Red 1 Yes yes Douglas no Mt.Tolmie Vascular Plant Microseris bigelovii coast microseris G4 S1 E Red Consider 1 Yes no extirpated no

Vascular Plant Minuartia pusilla dwarf sandwort G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes no no yes - blue- Beaver Vascular Plant Navarretia intertexta needle-leaved navarretia G5 S2 Red No listed Lake no possibly extirpated Mt Vascular Plant Orthocarpus bracteosus rosy owl-clover G3? S1 E Red 1 Yes no Douglas no Piperia candida - now no - blue Vascular Plant Platanthera ephemerantha white-lip rein orchid G3G4 S2 Red No list no extirpated no - possibly extirpated Mount but Douglas unknown Vascular Plant Plagiobothrys figuratus fragrant popcornflower G4 S1 E Red Yes no or nearby where extiprated Mt. Douglas Mount Vascular Plant Plagiobothrys tenellus slender popcornflower G4G5 S2 T Red Yes no Tolmie no

Christmas Hill; Mount Douglas Vascular Plant Psilocarphus elatior tall woolly-heads G4Q S1 E Red 1 Yes yes extirpated no COSEWIC Species-level planning inIn Saanich Protected Private Category Latin Name English Name Global Rank Prov Rank Status BC Status SARA Schedule GOERT strategy? yes or no areas land unknown Psilocarphus tenellus var. yellow Vascular Plant tenellus slender woolly-heads G4T4 S2 NAR Red Yes listed Ranunculus alismifolius var. Vascular Plant alismifolius water-plantain buttercup G5T5 S1 E Red 1 Yes no no

Vascular Plant Ranunculus californicus California buttercup G5 S1 E Red Yes no no no - historical Vascular Plant Ranunculus lobbii Lobb’s water-buttercup G4 SH Red Yes locations no bear’s-foot sanicle (snake Vascular Plant Sanicula arctopoides root sanicle) G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes No no Mount Douglas Park; Glencoe Cove; Rithets; 1 known Francis location of Vascular Plant Sanicula bipinnatifida purple sanicle G5 S2 T Red 1 Yes Yes King Park one plant

no - Mount Extirpated coastal Scouler’s catchfly Douglas Ten Mile Vascular Plant Silene scouleri ssp. grandis (Scouler’s campion) G5TNR S1 E Red 1 Yes No Extirpated Point no - blue Vascular Plant Tonella tenella small-flowered tonella G5 S1 E Red 1 Yes list no

no - yellow Vascular Plant Trifolium cyathiferum cup clover G4 S1 Red No listed now no

Protected in a Covenant Public and on one private site next land to Saanich including Park with Triphysaria versicolor ssp. Glencoe no Vascular Plant versicolor bearded owl-clover G5T5 S1 E Red 1 Yes Yes Cove protection

one location at Margaret Vascular Plant Triteleia howellii Howell’s triteleia G3G4 S1 E Red 1 Yes yes Bay

Vascular Plant Uropappus lindleyi Lindley’s microseris G5 S1 E Red Yes no no Playfair Park; Falaise Park; Bear Hill; Obsevator y Hill; extirpated Mt. Tolmie; possibly Viola praemorsa ssp. extirpated Praemorsa - now Viola Mt. Vascular Plant praemorsa var. praemorsa yellow montane violet G5T3T5 S2 E Red 1 Yes Yes Douglas? no unknown - yellow Vascular Plant Yabea microcarpa California hedge-parsley G5? S2 Red Yes list?

Beaver Lake/Colq uitz River not listed in Saanich tree confluenc bylaw even though it is e;Saanich the rarest tree species in Common one the area - could wealth possible Fraxinus oregana - now Fraxinus encourage people to Place location of Vascular Plant latifolia Oregon ash Red plant it Yes riparian one plant

Largest Population occurs in Panama Flats Park in the area that was farmed; Swan Lake, 9 Vancouver Island locations Bidens amplissima Beggarticks SC Blue yes in Saanich Playfair Park; Mount Tolmie Park, Beaver Lake, UVIC graceful cinquefoil Red yes grounds